ethnomusic

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noun

The traditional music associated with an ethnic group; the kinds of music studied in ethnomusicology.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounethnomusic (usually uncountable, plural ethnomusics)

plural ethnomusics

  1. uncountableusuallyThe traditional music associated with an ethnic group; the kinds of music studied in ethnomusicology.

Origin

Translations

Estonian etnomuusika
  • etnomuusikamusic genre
Finnish etnomusiikki, kansanmusiikki
  • etnomusiikkimusic genre
  • kansanmusiikkimusic genre
German Ethnomusik
  • Ethnomusikmusic genre
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APA

ethnomusic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnomusic

MLA

“ethnomusic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnomusic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ethnomusic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnomusic.

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